'ملف 18/56 I (B 70) المرسوم الملكي البريطاني للساحل المتصالح؛ ملف 18/51 I (B 70) المرسوم الملكي البريطاني العثماني لعام ١٩١٠؛ ملف 18/131 I (B 70) المرسوم الملكي البريطاني الخاص بالولاية القضائية الأجنبية (القوات العسكرية) لعام ١٩٢٧' [ظ‎‎٩‎٤] (٢٥٠/٢٠٣)

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112. It any person named executor in a will takes possession of and administers or
otherwise deals with any part of the property of the deceased, and does not obtain probate
within one month after the death or after the termination of any proceedings respecting
probate or administration, he shall be liable to pay double the amount of any fees charge
able on obtaining probate, and he shall also be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred
pounds.
113. If any person, other than the person named executor or an administrator or an
officer of the Court, taKes possession of and administers or otherwise deals with any part
of the personal property of a deceased British subject, whether resident or not, he shall be
deemed guilty of a contempt of Court, and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty
pounds.
114. Where a person appointed executor in a will survives the testator, but either dies
without having taken probate or, having been called on by the Court to take probate, does
not appear, his right in respect of the executorship wholly ceases ; and, without further re
nunciation, the representation to the testator and the administration of his property shall
go and may be committed as if that person had not been appointed executor.
US.—(1) Where a British subject dies in the Ottoman dominions, any other such
subject having in his possession, or under his control, any paper or writing of the
deceased, being, or purporting to be, testamentary, shall forthwith bring the original to the
Court within whose particular jurisdiction the death happens and deposit it there.
If any person fails to do so for fourteen days after having knowledge of the
death of the deceased, he shall be guilty of an offence, and liable to a fine not exceeding
fifty pounds.
(2) Where it is proved that any paper of the deceased, being or purporting to be
testamentary, is in the possession or under the control of a British subject, the Court
may, whether a suit or proceeding respecting probate or administration is pending or not,
order him to produce the paper and bring it into Court.
(3) Where it appears to the Court that there are reasonable grounds for believing that
any person has knowledge of any paper being or purporting to be testamentary (although
it is not shown that the paper is in his possession or under his control), the Court ma),
whether a suit or proceeding for probate or administration is pending or not, order
that he be examined respecting it before the Court or elsewhere, and that he do attend
for that purpose, and after examination order that he do produce the paper and deposit
it in Court.
116. Where it appears to the Court that the value of the property or estate of a
deceased person does not exceed one hundred pounds, the Court may, without any
probate or letters of administration, or other formal proceeding, pay thereout any debts
or charges, and pay, remit, or deliver" any surplus to such persons, subject to such
conditions (if any) as the Court thinks proper, and shall not be liable to any action, suit,
or proceedings in respect of anything done under this Article. Every proceeding of the
Court under this Article shall be recorded in the Minutes.
117. The Foreign Jurisdiction Probates Order in Council, 1908, shall apply to all
persons and to all property subject to this Order.
118. Section 51 of the Conveyancing (Scotland) Act, 1874, and any enactment for
the time being in force amending or substituted for the same, are hereby extended to the
Ottoman dominions, with the adaptation following, namely :—
The Supreme Court is hereby substituted for a Court of Probate in a Colony.
Miscellaneous.
119. No action shall be brought for the protection of any copyright, trade-mark,
patent, or design by any person who is not a British subject, unless either (^) an
arrangement is in force between His Majesty's Government and the Government of the
State or Power to which the plaintiff belongs, or [h) the Court is satisfied that effectual
provision exists for the protection in Consular or other Courts in the Ottoman dominions
of the rights and interests of British subjects in copyrights, trade-marks, patents, and
designs infringed by the subjects of such State or Power.
Where such an arrangement is in force, the Ambassador, or, so far as relates to
Egypt, the Agent for Egypt, may issue a Notification to that effect, and the Court shall
take judicial notice thereof.
120. Any person desirous of levying a distress for rent may apply to the Court to
appoint a bailiff to levy such distress, and the Court may thereupon, and upon the appli
cant giving sufficient security to answer for any misconduct on the part of such bailiff,
appoint a person to act as bailiff to levy such distress.
121. In Egypt the Court may execute process against any British subject to the
like extent and in like manner as any Court established in that country with His Majesty s
concurrence.